Resoluteness Quotes

It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.

Anyone who knows me knows that I stick with my decisions.

Only in the steady and constant application of force lies the very first prerequisite for success. This persistence, however, can always and only arise from a definite spiritual conviction. Any violence which does not spring from a firm, spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain.

A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder.

Everyone should be decisive about what's best for them and stick to it.

When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will not do to think about going at it in a long roundabout way. One's heart may slacken, he may miss his chance, and by and large there will be no success. The Way of the Samurai is one of immediacy, and it is best to dash in headlong.

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

Your eyes are as a flame, but our brothers have neither hope nor fire. Your mouth is cut of granite, but our brothers are soft and humble. Your head is high, but our brothers cringe. You walk, but our brothers crawl. We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do as you please with us, but do not send us away from you.

Communists should be the most farsighted, the most self-sacrificing, the most resolute, and the least prejudiced in sizing up situations, and should rely on the majority of the masses and win their support.

I think it cannot be shown that when I have once taken a position, I have ever retreated from it.

Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.

Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

And obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigour and stability.

Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

What I have written, I have written.

There is nothing more contemptible than half-measures.

You've got to stop going back and forth. You've got to make up your mind.

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.